Completeness is an important indicator of data quality in cancer registry programs. This
study aimed to estimate the completeness of registered cases in a population based cancer …

Background: Cancer has important social consequences with cancer registration as the
basis of moving towards prevention. The present study aimed to estimate the completeness …

Cancer registration is an important component of a comprehensive cancer control program,
providing timely data and information for research and administrative use. Capture …

Background Cancer registries help to decrease the burden of cancers by collecting accurate
and complete data. We aimed to measure the completeness of coverage of information …

Background: Under-ascertainment and over-ascertainment are common phenomena in
surveillance and registry systems of health-related events. Capture-recapture is one of the …

Introduction: Cancer Registry is one of the important components of health information
systems in developing countries. Continuous monitoring of data quality can have a crucial …

Background and Objective: The incidence of cancer is rising in Iran, and hence it is
important to assess the accuracy of the Iranian cancer registry dataset. In this study, the …

Background In this paper we investigated whether the capture-recapture method is useful for
a cancer registry to monitor its completeness of case ascertainment on a routine basis …

Background: Knowledge of cancer incidences is essential for cancer prevention and control
programs. Capture-recapture methods have been recommended for reducing bias and …

Abstract Backgrounds and Objectives: Under-ascertainment is a common phenomenon in
surveillance systems and health related events registry systems. One of the methods which …